This is the message I wrote to Earthlink Tech support, followed by thier
reply. His analogy sounds fishy to me, but whatever. I have already
figured out how I can allow DNS lookup and still use SMTP without errors
returned. <shrug>
(the part about firewalls sounds totally bogus to me)
--Original Message--
Could you guys do me a favor and explain why I have to manually configure
DNS servers as opposed to allowing them to be looked up?
Everything seems to work on systems where I allow the server to provide DNS
entries, with the exception of SMTP services. There I get "relaying
denied". Why would the SMTP server care about the DNS servers that I use?
Or, is my local POP providing an incorrect hostname when reverse DNS
lookup is used?
I would think that since my username is prefixed, that the POP could
provide a correct hostname regardless of the DNS. Or is that just not
possible?
Thanks for your time.
*** Forwarded message, originally written by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on
16-Aug-00 ***
Dear Earthlink Member,
Thank You for contacting Earthlink's Email Support!
The reason we specify the domain numbers instead of letting the server
assign them, and the prefix is just for authentication, is that we cover
several platforms and software programs.
It is kind of like driving a car over long distance, you could specify the
route or you could have a general idea, by specifying you will shorten
your travel time tremendously.
Yes you do have to name the mail servers either by name or number, and if
you use the wrong DNS numbers and you have an issue of getting mail, then
more than likely those numbers are behind a firewall somewhere.
*** End of forwarded message ***
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